Presentation

Senior Visual Development Artist, Environments – World of Warcraft
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Blizzard Entertainment
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Irvine, CA
Event Type
Job Posting
TimeMonday, 9 August 20217am - 8am PDT
Location
DescriptionThe Visual Development Artist should have a playful imagination coupled with a high degree of artistic skill. They’ll be expected to take a seed of an idea and flush out all aspects of the design. This may include new architecture, individual assets, a full culture kit all the way to a mood painting that defines the emotional intent of an environment. The role requires a strong sense of environments, design, color theory, architecture knowledge and the ability to push the WoW style.

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

DAY TO DAY TASKS
Create concept art for environments, architecture, and other WoW in-game assets
Create mood pieces and other visual development assets
Create illustration quality key art production paintings
Work closely with the Art Lead for each task to help achieve a consistent vision
Ability to explore a wide variety of ideas that push the WoW style
Enthusiasm for working closely with other Artists
Communicate with Production, Design, and other departments

YOUR BACKGROUND
5+ years of experience creating environment concept artwork for animation, film or video games
Paintings that demonstrate a wide range of techniques from classical to stylized that shows a deep understanding of composition, color theory and story telling
A thorough understanding of 2D art software
Extensively played and understand the visual style of World of Warcraft

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